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Historical Event on 5/1/1997

Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1993Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
10/5/1890Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
7/1/1992Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.
1/25/2000The Centre begins the process of privatising the country's domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.
10/9/1964K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party.
1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.